About UH Mānoa

Founded in 1907, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi System. Take a glimpse at all we offer our students. Contact us if you’d like to learn more or come visit us and experience our campus aloha.

Location

Beautiful Mānoa Valley, just outside downtown Honolulu, Hawaiʻi on the island of Oʻahu

Academics

Special Academic Opportunities

Freshman learning communities

First-year advising

Honors program

Study abroad

Undergraduate research opportunities

Accreditation

UH Mānoa is accredited by the Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). In addition, 28 professional programs are accredited by appropriate agencies, including the NAAB (architecture), AACSB (business), ADA and CODA (dental hygiene), NCATE (education), ABET (engineering), and NLNAC (nursing).

Sinclair Library is home to the Student Success Center, which provides a wide range of services supporting student academic success including tutoring, writing assistance, study skills help, information utilization coaching, and referrals to other campus agencies. It is also houses the music collection, course reserve services, and the Wong Audiovisual Center.

Research

Proud to be recognized as a land-, sea-, and space-grant institution, UH Mānoa is ranked in the top 50 public universities in research expenditures by the National Science Foundation. Classified by the Carnegie Foundation as having “very high research activity,” UH Mānoa is known for its pioneering research in such fields as oceanography, astronomy, Pacific Islands and Asian area studies, linguistics, cancer research, and genetics. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa maintains a vibrant and active research program with more than $300 million in new extramural funds for research in 2014.